It wasn't lost on Ray that they were a grown man and woman acting like a couple of excitable children, but that childlike enthusiasm felt good once in a while. Beyond that, it was endearing to see someone else being willing to embrace that piece of themselves in an appropriate situation. Seeing a real, live starfish for the first time was plenty appropriate for the reaction, in Ray's opinion. "So cool..." he murmured, a firm smile in place and a gleam in his eyes.
When Patty named the fish, Ray huffed a soft laugh and nodded. "Yeah, I like that," he agreed. His smile didn't actually fade at all when Patty realized that she'd need to put the starfish back; he waved it off and nodded. "No, you're right. We don't want to hurt him just because we're excited to see him, you should put him back," he agreed.
She returned and suggested that they head to the camp. Relax was not what Ray planned to do at all when he got there — he'd need a shelter, so that meant he'd have to start working on finding and making the materials for it, but all the same he smiled and nodded. "All right, lead the way, Patty Spivot. I'm looking forward to it."